Congregations
Alban at Duke Divinity School
Alban at Duke Divinity School helps leaders connect and learn from one another by sharing practical wisdom, stories of thriving congregations and transformational models of ministry.
Center for Congregations
The Center for Congregations helps Indiana congregations address their needs through resource consulting, educational events and grants. The Center works with clergy, staff and laity by listening to their concerns, developing work plans, and then carefully matching resources with their specific needs.
Leadership Roundtable
Leadership Roundtable is an organization of laity, religious and clergy working together to promote best practices and accountability in the management, finances, communications and human resource development of the Catholic Church in the U.S., including greater incorporation of the expertise of the laity.
Pastors
Center for Pastoral Excellence
The Center for Pastoral Excellence is a strategic initiative at Christian Theological Seminary to address the long arc of ministry -- from vocational discernment to seminary training to sustaining outstanding ministers and pastors in their ongoing work.
Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs
The Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs provide an opportunity for pastors to step away briefly from the persistent obligations of daily parish life and to engage in a period of renewal and reflection.
Philanthropy
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Lake Institute On Faith & Giving
Lake Institute on Faith & Giving offers a public forum for exploring the connections between individual philanthropy and faith and fosters a greater understanding of the ways in which faith both inspires and informs giving.
Research & Resources
The Association of Religion Data Archives
ARDA strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. The online archive includes American and international collections and features for educators, journalists, religious congregations and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world.
Theological Education
Association of Theological Schools
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) is a membership organization of more than 270 graduate schools that conduct post-baccalaureate professional and academic degree programs to educate people for the practice of ministry and for teaching and research in the theological disciplines.
In Trust Center for Theological Schools
In Trust Center for Theological Schools strengthens governance and institutional capacity in North American theological schools -- Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, mainline and evangelical Protestant. Our most visible service is the quarterly In Trust magazine, but In Trust's Resource Consultants and Governance Mentors also engage with leaders directly.
The Louisville Institute
The Louisville Institute seeks to to bring together those who lead religious institutions and those who study them through three separate but related programs: 1) grantmaking, 2) fellowships in theological education and 3) collaborative inquiry.
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
The Wabash Center supports teachers of religion and theology in higher education through meetings and workshops, grants, consultants, a journal and other resources to make accessible the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Vocation & Young People
Forum for Theological Exploration
FTE identifies, connects, inspires and supports young people across denominations and backgrounds as they explore or enter into vocations in ministry and teaching and lead their communities faithfully, innovatively and courageously to participate in God’s work in the world. FTE provides vocational discernment gatherings, mentoring opportunities, fellowships, grants and a community of support on the path to discovering purpose, passion and call.
Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education
The Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) is a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among undergraduate students. It is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges.
Worship
The African American Lectionary
The African American Lectionary is a resource tool that highlights the African American ecclesial traditions and moments that creatively express the joy, freedom and challenges of being both African American and Christian. It also recognizes days on the liturgical calendar that are celebrated across a variety of ecclesial traditions.
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship promotes the scholarly study of the theology, history and practice of Christian worship and the renewal of worship in worshipping communities across North America and beyond.